検索キーワード： ナレーター "Melissa Kay Benson" すべてのカテゴリー

Megan Carter's spent the past five years nannying for a pint-size boss—the adorable Charlie—while also navigating her full-size boss, his somewhat grouchy, way-too-methodical dad, Adam. Now that she's finally moving on, helping Adam find her replacement should be easy . . . except he doesn't want another nanny. He wants a wife. Adam's been burned by love in the past, so of course he believes finding someone who can be a partner in raising his son is all that matters. Too bad the woman helping him search is the biggest believer in love at first sight and happily-ever-after he's met.

All too often society issues dire warnings about the risks of living single. But is finding a spouse or romantic partner really a requirement for a full life? In Single at Heart, Dr. Bella DePaulo speaks on behalf of the millions of people who are drawn to single life for all it has to offer and shares what it means to not just be happy being single for a time, but to be happy being single always.

Your husband was involved in a fatal accident. One horrific sentence, delivered in an impersonal phone call, changes Celine Thompson’s life in a second. But when she’s asked to identify his body, what she discovers sends everything she thought she knew about her life crashing down. This man is not my husband. But who was the man who died driving Tate’s car? How did he have Tate’s possessions and, more importantly, why do they sport identical tattoos?

It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. We were supposed to have time—to figure it out. But that’s not the way it went down. Immortality crashed into the world like a tidal wave. In the early decades of the twenty-first century, some people began to take seriously the possibility of cracking the genetic code and beating back the inevitability of growing old. But for most, the dream was put in a box labeled, someday. Nobody ever thought it would be tomorrow. Then, geneticist, Simon Barstow, stumbled on the secret. He was not prepared. The world was not prepared—that is, except for one man.

Briony’s last boyfriend was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Jumping off the dating merry-go-round was a no-brainer. That decision sent shock waves through her nearest and dearest. She doesn’t expect them to understand. They’ve never walked in her shoes. They don’t know how stressful dating is when there’s a monkey on your back. It’s never been a matter of if the ax will fall but when and what form it’ll take. A girl can handle only so much rejection before she stops believing there’s a happily ever after in her future.

After passing with Carter through a fiery portal, Ellie finds herself stranded in a strange new world. There, cryptic messengers and signs point to Carter, the Talos, fulfilling prophecy as the Repairer of the Breach, and Ellie is tasked with a vital job: keeping him alive. At any cost. However, returning home is also paramount. Back in Fort Worth, an explosive showdown between Nosizwe and Sean Costas is brewing. Loyalties will be tested and sacrifices made. The fate of all shifters hangs in the balance.

Each year, the start of summer brings bustle and much-needed tourist dollars to the little town of Albany Beach, Delaware. For Natalie Sullivan, this season is proving more stressful than others. Their two children are thriving, but she’s experiencing pangs of loss at the end of her childbearing years. When sixteen-year-old McKenzie starts gushing about Bella, the new coworker at her summer job, Natalie suddenly finds her past and present in conflict. The more McKenzie talks about Bella, the more Natalie wonders: could Bella be her daughter?

With Ellie’s fate hanging in the balance after Nosizwe’s brutal attack, Carter is forced to make a life changing decision—the consequences of which threaten to tear Ellie and him apart. Permanently. However, teaming up again may be unavoidable. Nosizwe, convinced Carter as the Talos is the key to unlocking the Stones of Fire, throws everything she has at him, endangering not only Carter but Ellie as well. When the plots of a traitor allied with the shifter queen shove the two into an unescapable outcome, only the highest form of self-sacrifice can preserve Ellie’s life.

Following a narrow escape from the secret world of warring shapeshifters, Ellie St. James works at building a new life under an assumed identity - until Carter Ballis, head of security for mob boss and shifter leader Sean Costas, reenters her life, bringing the perils of his job with him. This time, it’s not just Ellie’s life at stake, but Carter’s too, as Sean’s rivals close in on them both. Far outmatched, Ellie refuses to crumble when it comes to protecting those around her. In the gravest danger she’s faced, even the Talos himself may not be able to reach her in time.

Being a pilot is all Reece has ever wanted to do. After graduating from the Naval Academy, he went on to have a distinguished military career before joining the family business. He took over the top spot at Diamond Jet Service when his father decided he’d rather spend his days on the golf course than run a billion-dollar charter company. The only area in his life where he lags behind the curve is finding a soulmate. His sister loves to tell him that he’s good at everything except love. He didn’t believe it until he was introduced to his stepbrother’s girlfriend.

Shapeshifters exist. Monsters are real. And no good deed goes unpunished. Nursing student Ellie St. James didn’t mean to get involved in a war between rival gangs of shifters, but saving the life of a local mob boss’s child has dragged her into one. When Ellie’s life is threatened because of her involvement, she’s forced to go on the run, protected by Carter Ballis, head of security for the mobster’s family, and a lethal shifter himself. Blood, fire, and warfare weren’t part of Ellie’s plans, but even if she survives, her life will never be the same.

In the woods of North Carolina, it awaits, ready to unleash a shocking plan of revenge. Soon, the victims will understand what it is to be helpless and alone. They will wish for mercy, but there will be none. Because actions have consequences, and someone must always pay.

In Body on Fire (a newly updated revision of Finding Balance) Drs. Monica Aggarwal and Jyothi Rao help listeners make an honest assessment of their energy, lifestyle, dietary habits, and mental state and provide a series of interventions for reclaiming health. They present in-depth explanations of the dangers of stressors on the body such as sedentary lifestyles, poor diet, and poor sleep habits.

Blair Bowman is the sleek, sharp, 35-year-old anchorwoman for a New Orleans TV station. Totally devoted to her career, she's never considered having a family - until she does a story on career women like herself who are creating a new baby boom. Then her long-buried feelings about children begin to surface. Blair is ready to have a child alone, until her sexy neighbor, 29-year-old Linc Langtry, offers to father the child and marry Blair, so her baby can be legitimate. Blair is sure she's not in love with Linc, but they arrange to marry and divorce in one year.

The body of a missing priest was discovered in a small boat floating in the Atlantic Ocean. The corpse was identified as that of Father Jim Chamberlain, a Navy chaplain and close friend of retired Navy Commander Mike Gerard. Gerard was appointed to investigate the circumstances of Chamberlain’s death. Days after his friend’s body was discovered, Gerard received a series of letters written by Chamberlain before his death. He was being pursued by the secretive and sinister satanic cult known as the Order of the Eighth Realm. He had found and taken the Order’s guidebook.

Seized by a rage more violent than the storm beating down on the South Florida coast, Attorney Frank Benedict aims his BMW at the first vehicle to cross his path. He hits the car - then backs up and hits it again. A woman stumbles out and collapses on the ground. FBI veteran Charlie Calloway is working on the case of her life - searching for the man who killed her husband and unborn child. And she's willing to do anything to find him...even enter the shadows of the human mind....

The club was my life. It was all I had ever known. Becoming the next president of the Devil's Knights is all I have ever wanted. The gavel in my hand and the wind at my back. Sometimes, dreams don't always come true like you plan.

Madeline had it all. A handsome, successful husband. A coveted spot near the top of Santa Barbara’s elite social pyramid. A country-club lifestyle with every luxury money could buy. If only she knew how quickly she’d lose everything. Madeline wakes up naked in a five-star hotel with no memory of how she got there. At home, her husband is threatening to file for divorce. Someone sent him a series of incriminating pictures from last night, all featuring Madeline…in bed with a man she doesn’t recognize.

Micah lived a quiet, comfortable life, her involvement in law enforcement limited to the composite pictures that she produced with her computer and colored pencils. But everything is turned upside down when she involves herself in the case of an infant found abandoned in the Sweetgrass Hills. With the help of her knowledge of DNA and law enforcement contacts across the country, Micah is closing in on a killer. But her investigation draws the killer’s attention, and she finds herself in the middle of an operation that could mean the end of her career — or worse, her life.

Ireland Jacobson is desperately trying to survive the death of her fiancé, one day at a time, one breath at a time, while working for her cold, controlling mother. When a shocking secret about Ireland's father comes to light, she makes an impromptu trip to find answers. But rather than finding answers, Ireland stirs up painful complications with the man's current family. Ireland returns home and attempts to resume life as it was before.